Is my house haunted?

Is my house haunted? Well, the good news is that you can find out for
yourself, there are a number of the most common things to look for that
are explained below which can hopefully help you to determine if you are
indeed living in a home that has an unwelcome guest....

Living in a haunted building can be a scary thought, but don't start
to worry yourself just yet, try and look out for some of the signs and
try a few experiments to see if you are indeed living with a ghost.

It
may also be a good idea to start a log to track investigations, having
all the results in one place can make it much easier to compare
findings.

Noise

One of the commonest experiences with ghosts
is that quite often they make strange noises. It may be faint, it may
sound very out of place, or you may hardly notice it, but listen out for
things such as door's closing, footsteps, brushing noises and the sound
of wind blowing, of course it goes without saying that these noises
should be investigated to make sure no one is there. If you're alone or
you KNOW where other people are and you hear noises coming from areas
that you know are empty, then it may be time to start investigating
further.

Object Movement

Quite
often things around haunted buildings seem to move on their own, this
can be a difficult one to track, especially if you live with other
people or have children. If you notice a certain object frequently being
put into a certain place, ask others not to touch it and see if it
persists, quite often ghosts like things in particular places,
especially in very old buildings. A ghost may move an object to get your
attention or to make themselves feel more comfortable. Some mediums
believe spirits don't actually have to touch an object to move it, they
just change the energies around it causing movement or noise. How they
actually do this though, remains a mystery.

Feelings

Ever
been facing a certain direction and you just knew someone was walking
up behind you even though you didn't see or hear them? well this feeling
can be a very helpful tool when investigating. Quite often in buildings
where hauntings have been experienced very frequently, people have
claimed to feel an emotion in a particular place, such as the feeling of
sadness in a certain bedroom, or an un-easy feeling in a hallway. Do
any rooms in your house make you feel anything? Do you feel you're being
watched in the kitchen maybe? Or perhaps you feel un-easy on the
stairs? Don't try to feel something, this one has to come naturally.

Temperature

The
most common reports of ghostly activity are cold spots or sudden dips
in temperature. Whenever people have seen or felt the presence of a
ghost a very common experience is to feel cold, if you have a certain
room or area of your building that is often cold for no apparent reason
then this could be a clear sign that something spooky could be going on.

Looking for these signs and making a log of your
investigations should be answer the "is my house haunted?" question, but
on the downside, will probably leave you with even more unanswered
questions! What happens next is completely up to you, though do feel
free to leave us comments with your finding and stories!

What to do if your building is haunted!

If you have conducted investigations or are completely convinced that
you're building is haunted, you're probably wondering what to do. Well
I'm afraid to say that I can't give a straight answer to the question.
The reason for this is because it depends on who the spirit is and what
why they're still there and what could be done to get them to leave.

If you can answer yes to the question "is my house haunted" and you
want to get rid of the ghost haunting it, then you must start doing some
more research, you could check out old library records or newspapers to
see if anything bad has happened in your building. Also check out your
building's history, the general rule is the older the building the more
chance there is of it being haunted if you've been experiencing things.
Many of these records can be found online, from here you should be able
to tell if your building has had a bad past. If so, it should be easy
enough to find out what has happened and to who it happened to, then you
can make a pretty accurate guess as to who the ghost is and why they're
still here.

However getting them to leave can often be
impossible, they may be here for a reason that can no longer be resolved
and therefore shall remain trapped in our world.

Depending on
your beliefs you could try various methods to remove them, exorcisms are
mainly a Christian method and involve a priest removing the ghost
through using the power of God. However, you could try various things if
you're open minded, such as spells, placement of special items and
communication with the ghost to ask it to leave. People also believe
that some spiritualist mediums can open a gateway to the afterlife and
help the spirit leave, but sometimes, just sometimes, there is nothing
that will work.

Hopefully this has helped you to answer the
question of is my house haunted with reasonable accuracy. But if the
answer is yes, don't start searching for methods to remove the presence
straight away, many people don't mind living with a spirit, some can
even be quite helpful.

Object Haunting’s

We've now
covered the question of is my house haunted, but what if the haunting is
something within your home. Occasionally certain manifestations
concentrate themselves on a particular object. The reason for this is
because the object could have had significant meaning to the spirit
during its life and it is linked in some way to the object. For example,
a statue could have been a present from a man to his wife, the husband
passes away and the statue greatly reminds the wife of her late husband.
As she refuses to let go of her loss she places more and more
sentimental value on the object, linking herself to it emotionally. If
the woman remains here as a spirit after passing on, the most meaningful
thing she has left is the object. If this object moves into the
possession of another person or changes location this could upset the
spirit and lead to paranormal activity centered around the item.

How to tell if an object is haunted

There
are various signs of an object haunting that make it different from the
standard ghost or poltergeist, common paranormal activity, such as the
sighting of apparitions or the sounds of footsteps from unexplainable
sources are not part of an object haunt. The activity will be
exclusively focused on the item, for example, the item might be moved
into a specific place when no one is around or it might rotate itself to
face a certain direction or be in a particular position. Quite often
however, if such signs are present and they are repeatedly dismissed or
ignored, this can sometimes lead to further activity in the form
experienced from the average ghost.

But I don’t want a haunted item

I
bet you don’t, it’s basically the only way in which someone can
actually buy a ghost, even if it is unintentional. The most straight
forward answer for getting rid of the presence would be to get rid of
the item. However, if this is what you’ve decided to do, the item should
be removed from your home in a sensible manner, such as returning it
were it came from or selling it to someone else (and not mentioning they
get a free ghost) the item should never be destroyed or thrown away as
rubbish as there is a good chance this could greatly anger the spirit
and possibly cause it to demonstrate its anger upon you. You might not
think twice about throwing away a cheap item you think is accompanied by
a spirit but at the possible cost of unleashing a poltergeist for
example, it’s not really worth the hassle.

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